Bulldog stars on offense, defense

TRACY - Tracy's Nate Jones knows how to star on both sides of the ball.

Dave Campbell

TRACY - Tracy's Nate Jones knows how to star on both sides of the ball.

The Bulldogs senior ran for 135 yards on 10 carries with a touchdown run of 56 yards, and made a highlight-reel one-handed interception as Tracy rolled to a 28-6 nonleague win over host Kimball on Friday night at Don Nicholson Stadium.

"I shouldn't have gone up with one hand, I should have gone up with two," Jones said. "And the offensive line did the work tonight. I can't do my job unless they do theirs."

Bulldogs coach Matt Shrout sometimes forgets that he is coaching while he watches Jones.

"Jones is special," Shrout said. "I told him during one of our timeouts that he makes me a fan. All of a sudden I go from head coach to a fan.

"That interception was just unbelievable. And then he makes that run down the sideline - he is just special."

Damon Stroup directed the Tracy offense up and down the field and scored touchdowns from 1 yard, 4 and 6 yards out. The Bulldogs racked up 239 first-half yards and 21 first-half points - and relaxed a bit in the second half to finish with 348 yards.

Gaige Allen reeled off a 52-yard touchdown run for the Jaguars (1-2) with 8:58 left in the game for the final score of 28-6. Allen had 90 yards on 10 carries.

Kimball coach Charles Spikes wishes his Jaguars had put forth the effort in the first half they did in the second.

"I was really pleased with the second-half effort," Spikes said. "In the first half we didn't handle our business like we were supposed to. I was disappointed with how slow we started. We just did not do fundamentally sound things in the first half."

"Tracy is a good ball club. They are big up front and they are fast. That Jones is an outstanding athlete."

Jones, Chris Mahar, and Luke Pulliam each had an interception for the Bulldogs (3-1). Chaz Briggs was in on seven tackles for Tracy with Brandon Russell adding six and Mahar five in a defensive effort that held Kimball to 99 total yards.

Rashaad Cooper and Calvin Hightower each recovered a fumble for the Jaguars.